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Show OTIII'.ll Dl'IMONS Un the Ulnp-l'milUrr nnl Tiller MHtrlieteuI Hills. JUtXIK JIDU(IKU.) Judge Judd waaaskoilWhatlayour fsltlon upon the Faulkner "Home ltule" anl the Teller statehood bills? In the flistlaculet mo -iy that I wasone of theorlgltial moeer lu tho il'.urt to ritabllili genulie iolltlca In Utah. A long ai the Mormon Church upheld the system of polygano there wa no common ground upon which the colo of till Territory could meet or fratcrnlzo tollllcilly, but o noon n the Church tylt constituted consti-tuted authorities made an o-n abnu-donmentuf abnu-donmentuf Iheteachlnganl ractlcuof olyganiy I chose to accept their net aa honestly done. The mas of the peoplo everywhere are honest and 1 do not tiellovo Ihat thu Mormons ore any exec ex-ec i Hon to this rule. Shtn wo began tho movement to divide, lu every t-ech I mad I said that when the ico-pie ico-pie of the Territory weio actually anl honestly divided on i any line and educated In the melhodaof American ,olltlci, like the peo lo of other Htatea aud territories of tho Unlon.we would I o reaJy for state hood and not ticfore I sal 1 1 hoped thla would come soou, and the sooner tlio belli r, for I de he the system of Territorial (.overnnicut nlilcn brought polltlci! surveillance from Uutiliidou Clt). 1 said I felt this dly because I had (ecu forced to resign my commission as Judge by reason of It lu order lo preserve my own le linns rf inanhroei aud self rested. re-sted. ,o man wants statehood worso tnan I do, but no man Is any more unwilling un-willing to see It until venditions are suitable. The llmu for It, In my dcllti crate opinion, la not hero jot. And this for two reasous: Pint, I mix with all peo le and talk with them from all pails of Hi rem-tory rem-tory every oporlunlty I have, and I am satlitled I know the iiojle 11 ympathleiar all with Ihocoronioii teoile. I feel for them anil with them si seiktokniwtheni.asl think I do. rrommy kuowltilge of Iheni lam aatlsllrd that tho olltlcal i referent ea of the Mormon people nro not formed. They are not educated yet In American Ameri-can iwlltlca; and a this la a psrty governed country, peoplo mint lie edu eatedlnthu AmerloJu system of pollute poll-ute before tbc-y are ready toassumo tho rcspnuslbllltlia of Kialo govern ir.ent. Ours Is a dual ristcm uf guv-eminent. guv-eminent. 1 lie citizen of the riuilo owe dull! san I obligations not only to the Htatebut to thu general government, and to the oi In of nil tbo other HI. Its. In ordor to meet ttieh dutle and obligation tho syitcm of polltu aud political education of Ihe liciipu of all the htatea must bu honiojeneoin, Ihe politic of Ulah have ml, In my 0 Inlon, reached that condition. He eon I If I thought we wero ready for slatehoo I I won.ll not favor It nt tho intent time, for Ihn riamn that there Isa largoand rcspectal hi element of our population who are honestly o ioJ to It And t clM o It w ou Id brl ug uiou us great uell. 1 take It to lie almost axiomatic that no community canriperwliru the l-oIo are disunited dis-united and ill. trade I bysust Iclonsnn I fe art with res-ect lu tho sincerity nnd honest', of e noil othir. lo lilske 11 Htato with auoh condition existing among tho people would brlogn condition con-dition that could not only not roper, lut bring ilUqulel, unriit anuiroubh Hi Iter wait a short while until we nil know eaolt other a little letter, ,u.d then statehood will lllng'eacc, qulm anlroic:ltr. Hut) ou ask me what I thlnkof thu I'aulknerUomoKulo bill. My lc-lj It, I fiver It tirom-,!) OurpopuUtlon, woillliAiid p sltlou cntlll us to some tucasuru cf local self government. The people of Utah are lutelli. gi ut, well miaulng und vlriuoui, they nre reudiLir anl (Linking ns the) never havu Ufuroaud an rafldlyle-I rafldlyle-I comliigictiiitholr I lillcalcoiililloi. I kuiw when )f I alllrni, when ray thsl th ) aretiekliu hilh honestly nnl II hill mil) fir tlio truth, ami that win i tn Mndit Hieyiavii the ci ur- age I enhraiel wltu all IU logical t resu I . Nothlu iiraiialte -ittentloii rapeoleoharly to their lesronsl hititie tolugover meut or tip"""!' I urden Uin them In Ihe thai- of taxation, riil the I aulkner bill doe. It 1 Intended aud will operate aa an etuotor. Under It wei elect our olllcer from governor to constable. I he elections will nrcitaarlly elicit po"H-ral po"H-ral action In malnUlnlog conviction and l-ollllcal dlatutslon 111 oamualgu llellig comtelledlo tax ourselves to -aytheto (irtlci-a will mkeua wntch Hum closely In their cfllelal acts. It tiling government houe to- the people. peo-ple. In every c uil In the Territory a district courllwoulj I hell which has horelofore len denied th" people. ri.ousj.nUof people fn tho Territory nver sawadlilrlcl couil In session. Itey have len draggid at great ex-cniean ex-cniean I 'atior across ni'iunUIn anl ilcscrls, hundreds of miles to court. Till I wrong, raJIcally wrong The Heme ltule I 111 lut luto irac-tloble irac-tloble operation here for n rouile of )eari, woull full) ul smoothly tut ua lu condition for statehood that no inaiiooullbefiiuuJ tiuy nty, unless he neremu-.ed b) aelllshue and uu-lalrlollc uu-lalrlollc motive mo lAiui w vol mi (urn ) The Ngwe and Ihe Jlcrnld have eonstsntly j rctcated that wo are not seeking statehood. It wa obviously atatismaullke that we should not seek It. Tho President, Heereury Noble, the Uteh Commlvloii an I the (lover leor all deuoiiiice sUtehoud In Ian-guano Ian-guano more or less strong. The lim-oeula lim-oeula tirepired a I III designed to neel all oijectlonaand harmonize all looil illHerenoa The "I.lbetai" saw In Ihat bill the denlli of "l.tberallsm," they deteimlned to make a show of pmcrrlo.- sUtehooJ anl thus defeat homo rule, the lteuhlloaus, knowingly knowing-ly or iiuktiowlm-1), fell In with their little achemvs tind re-mm! tho Teller bill, In whit apeara to Ik, bal faith. The latter lat-ter bill, In vp u- of olltclal Itepubll-em Itepubll-em iiltiruit-ia recently mile.lsnot only trintitirently atlulne, n measuro without rldo of Ancestry or hope of tonty, conceived In tho spirit of golrgthe Democrats "one l,tler,"ltt Is mlscliUvous aud even daugerousand I cslculaled to accenluatu aud i roloug local conlroverrU. The situation demand that ell to isiured iirilhlroublel waters, the a Imlrable feature of the "Homo Jtulu'i bill promote conll lence aud dlairni criticism, It Is a certain sleiiptng stone lo a united demand from all Utah, within a )ear or two, for slate hoe el. I favor It as a measuiollkily lo succeed, suc-ceed, Isit bulluvo that thu Democrita III the Houso and Heuato will aui'iott both bills, thus evincing their c-oiill-deneu In our j i oi le ami jierinltllng the lte ublh aus to show theirs. I f we get statehood, houor will I e easy; If both bills aro dtfeated, Itcpubllcuulsnj In thlsTcrrllnry will U rellreJ from active ac-tive I UslttfM. jntair II. n. IASi'. Utah needs lolltlcal relief. The Organic Act wa .raiid In 1S30. It holja the tame rchlloii to Utah tl a theeonslltullon of oHtaledoe to thu Hlate. Wohneo to transact mr ts-lltle-al I uslnesa under II lint as Ihe l- lo of n Hlate d their under their constitution. Now w e can no mor profcrly trans-net trans-net cur present political builties under the Organic Act than on of our modern mod-ern merchants roiilit transact his Imsl-lies Imsl-lies lu unci of the Utile frontier store room that was lullt atwut lbesimo tlmo Ihat the Organic Act went Into ellnt. Of the two nioattirra now I cfon-Con-grctt 1 1 refer statehood. We can Uar thoeXnseof elllier, which would be about the samp, and I do not dlstfml the pevle, but tho Home llulu bill la liha the Wit attainable liglslatlou at resent, a It rlviaui moitul Ihe nil. vantALc of slatthood without lelng open lo the oljectlons urged by the Pp silent, 'Q hi last tms-agoand en-terMlned, en-terMlned, however uiilustly, I think, by kids men rromliient In thucoun-elisor thucoun-elisor Ihe uallou. |
